[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 20 (Wednesday, February 3, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S346-S347]
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  SA 147. Mrs. FISCHER (for herself and Mr. Wicker) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the concurrent resolution 
S. Con. Res. 5, setting forth the congressional budget for the United 
States Government

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for fiscal year 2021 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels 
for fiscal years 2022 through 2030; which was ordered to lie on the 
table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title IV, add the following:

     SEC. 4___. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST FEDERAL SCIENCE GRANT 
                   FUNDING FOR AN INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION 
                   THAT PARTNERS WITH ANY ENTITY OWNED, 
                   CONTROLLED, OR ORGANIZED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE 
                   PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.

       (a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate 
     to consider any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, 
     amendment between the Houses, or conference report that 
     provides Federal science grant funds to an institution of 
     higher education that partners with any entity owned, 
     controlled, or organized under the laws of the People's 
     Republic of China.
       (b) Waiver and Appeal.--Subsection (a) may be waived or 
     suspended in the Senate only by an affirmative vote of three-
     fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. An affirmative 
     vote of three-fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly 
     chosen and sworn, shall be required to sustain an appeal of 
     the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised under 
     subsection (a).
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